Data for 1997

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997
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1997, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997 covers 178 countries on 4 measures. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 32.94; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.93. Against 1996, 145 values changed (78 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1997

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

32.94

Lowest4 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

178countries
4measures per country
1997the year it describes
138distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
2	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	32.79	297	15	203
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	32.55	179	33	47
4	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	30.79	33	18	11
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	30.48	88	204	51
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.09	130	0	324
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.84	51	10	196
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.02	221	73	39
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.13	27,292	11,332	40,612
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.76	294	114	1,683
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	14.42	26	28	46
12	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.17	2	5	6
13	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13.41	78	2	4
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.28	632	369	242
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.90	9,166	6,043	7,332
16	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.77	8	5	6
17	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	10.93	24	55	14
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.83	3,303	4,157	1,675
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.91	50	115	3
20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9.22	1,068	338	2,651
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.77	544	3,929	4,102
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.97	445	1,960	760
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.73	13,493	10,536	52,638
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.63	24	13	8
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.99	192	335	106
26	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
27	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	6.55	1	2	0
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.44	255	534	988
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.07	86	263	893
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.95	618	712	814
31	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.90	2,142	6,093	3,535
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.65	6,074	33,576	64,050
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.52	1,663	24,118	6,759
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.49	9,066	6,217	146
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.14	64	1,261	749
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	4.98	341	1,102	1,388
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.92	444	1,769	9,397
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.58	17,851	6,710	7,684
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.25	78,679	29,981	18,971
40	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.20	4,520	22,083	1,803
41	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.07	183	5	76
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.89	59	153	35
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.88	1,792	1,282	53
=44	Colombia`COL`South America	3.76	2,730	6,372	6,853
=44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.76	98	598	840
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.72	1,785	325	2,482
47	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.63	271	165	202
48	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.24	264	85	383
49	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.90	459	864	1,625
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.85	727	1,826	1,153
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.75	150	1,509	1,315
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.74	12,535	55,171	9,064
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.53	1,026	3,901	2,675
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.52	1,311	16,485	9,397
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.49	100	1,601	1,685
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.44	251	1,749	866
58	United States`USA`Northern America	2.40	100,697	213,188	24,040
=59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.37	3,083	2,123	3,047
=59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.37	204	222	177
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.19	488	887	460
=62	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.13	26,620	58,080	17,604
=62	Chile`CHL`South America	2.13	978	1,033	1,501
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.07	45	55	39
65	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.03	152	2,532	506
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.79	9,944	9,153	11,299
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.75	2,297	4,511	6,337
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.74	60,823	93,638	59,017
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.62	1,259	968	947
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.61	7,146	24,245	2,219
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.58	32	136	19
72	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.57	7	1	0
=73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.55	51	2,726	794
=73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.55	2,816	5,850	6,683
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.54	4,937	8,911	6,263
76	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.47	40	734	2,283
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.42	2,769	357	1,115
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.28	15,161	7,810	9,034
=79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.24	386	582	1,720
=79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.24	8,689	23,631	9,809
=81	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.23	142	2,552	1,074
=81	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.23	6,572	1,028	4,140
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.15	6,194	13,147	4,085
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.12	207	1	20
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.06	5,852	6,718	14,054
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.00	910	2,112	532
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.99	187	32	2
=89	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.93	2,726	30,979	3,437
=89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.93	198	518	523
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.91	0	1	0
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.88	582	2,237	1,523
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.86	351	865	406
=94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.84	663	1,443	374
=94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.84	163	99	121
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.83	840	910	847
97	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.82	20	503	176
98	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.80	163	99	122
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.79	376	19	361
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.78	118	143	231
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.74	10	34	4
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.73	385	2,063	797
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.70	92	174	184
=104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.66	1,289	68	111
=104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.66	581	5,167	3,058
=104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.66	1,073	951	452
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.63	472	326	398
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.62	51	7	7
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.61	5	5	19
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.59	144	33	11
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.58	7	408	25
112	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.55	15	1,332	187
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.52	16,479	—	—
114	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.49	182	69	9
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	102	62	76
116	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42	1	8	3
117	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.40	364	222	272
118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.39	158	8	99
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.38	553	0	102
=120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.36	2,116	2,171	1,377
=120	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	559	304	919
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.34	572	315	914
=123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.33	34	1,320	586
=123	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.33	38	20	229
125	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.32	3	703	194
=126	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.31	33,419	6,992	9,033
=126	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.31	2	220	84
128	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28	268	344	569
129	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.27	3	2	2
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.26	3,903	2,374	2,915
=131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.25	10	6	7
=131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.25	818	5,184	1,525
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.23	1,411	71	548
=134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.22	553	82	107
=134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.22	2	172	18
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.21	90	2	157
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.20	1,686	12,152	12,110
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.19	666	31	217
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.18	1	—	18
=139	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.18	256	374	216
=139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.18	145	167	569
=142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	314	106	13
=142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.15	12	13	111
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	432	263	323
=145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	190	146	119
=145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.13	435	93	399
147	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.12	1	3	0
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.10	202	15	5
=149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.09	85	4	15
=149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.09	39	12	579
=149	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.09	337	68	95
=149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=153	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.08	20	5	13
=153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.08	31	—	0
=155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	82	51	0
=157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.05	102	1	1
=157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.05	141	36	3
=159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.04	122	180	81
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.04	116	22	2
=159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.04	12	9	0
=162	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.03	2	—	0
=162	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	37	10	29
=164	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.02	72	23	8
=164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.02	9	0	0
=164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=164	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=164	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=169	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.01	0	2	0
=169	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=169	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	63	—	—
=169	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.01	18	2	15
=169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.01	141	3	2
=175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	3	1	0
=175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	34	—	0
=175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	1	1
=175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	25	20	4

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

175Tanzaniashared0.00
175Somaliashared0.00
175Nigershared0.00
175Laosshared0.00
169Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States100,697
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 191
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States213,188
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 222
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestFrance64,050
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 217

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 178 in both
78 · 67rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Malta14.00 → 25.84+11.84
Maldives5.88 → 13.41+7.53
Seychelles27.22 → 30.79+3.57
Qatar25.79 → 29.09+3.30
Costa Rica6.17 → 9.22+3.05

Fell most

Barbados27.94 → 9.91−18.03
Jamaica4.97 → 2.37−2.60
Grenada13.16 → 10.93−2.23
Nauru8.36 → 6.55−1.81
Cyprus17.02 → 15.76−1.26

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.
138 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.01. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
9 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1997). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1997

0635 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions